Boston 79, Detroit 78

May 30, 1988

Conference Finals - Detroit wins 4-2

Silverdome (Pontiac, Michigan)

Attendance: 26,625

Officials: Joe Crawford, Jess Kersey

Team Rebounds: Boston (0) Detroit (0)

Technicals: Boston (0) Detroit (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
BOS (57-25) 16 30 14 19 79
DET (54-28) 10 26 32 10 78

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
BOS 87 90.5 89.4
DET 87 89.4 90.5

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
BOS .438 0.206 0.125 0.338
DET .340 0.183 0.372 0.321

Boston Celtics

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
44 Danny Ainge Starter SG 43:00 4-11 3-6 1-2 1.8 1 1 2 3 4 0 0 4 12
33 Larry Bird Starter SF 39:00 7-15 1-2 5-6 19.8 1 9 10 6 5 1 3 2 20
3 Dennis Johnson Starter PG 42:00 5-12 1-1 7-8 12.2 0 5 5 6 1 1 0 4 18
32 Kevin McHale Starter PF 45:00 5-12 0-0 5-6 10.8 1 4 5 3 2 0 3 2 15
00 Robert Parish Starter C 38:00 5-10 0-0 3-4 7.0 1 8 9 1 2 0 1 5 13
42 Mark Acres Bench C 06:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 -2.2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
53 Artis Gilmore Bench C 05:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -0.5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
4 Jim Paxson Bench SF 11:00 0-3 0-0 0-0 -0.5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0
31 Fred Roberts Bench C 11:00 0-1 0-0 1-2 -1.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1
  Team                                
        240 26-65 5-9 22-28 69.2 4 28 32 20 21 4 7 18 79
          40.0% 55.6% 78.6%                    

Detroit Pistons

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
45 Adrian Dantley Starter SF 40:00 2-9 0-0 9-10 2.8 2 1 3 0 1 2 0 4 13
4 Joe Dumars Starter SG 39:00 1-10 0-1 2-2 -4.8 0 2 2 5 4 0 0 5 4
40 Bill Laimbeer Starter C 38:00 10-15 1-1 8-9 22.4 2 4 6 2 2 2 0 0 29
44 Rick Mahorn Starter PF 16:00 1-4 0-0 0-0 1.5 2 6 8 0 4 0 0 2 2
11 Isiah Thomas Starter PG 39:00 6-20 0-1 0-0 11.2 3 5 8 7 5 4 1 2 12
53 James Edwards Bench C 14:00 1-3 0-0 2-2 3.0 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 4
15 Vinnie Johnson Bench PG 17:00 1-5 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 2
10 Dennis Rodman Bench SF 09:00 2-6 0-0 2-3 -0.6 1 2 3 0 3 0 0 2 6
22 John Salley Bench C 28:00 2-6 0-0 2-4 6.5 4 4 8 1 5 1 0 0 6
  Team                                
        240 26-78 1-3 25-30 70.0 16 27 43 16 27 9 2 16 78
          33.3% 33.3% 83.3%                    

Boston Celtics Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Dennis Johnson
12.6p, 3.1r, 7.8a		 Danny Ainge
15.7p, 3.1r, 6.2a		 Larry Bird
29.9p, 9.3r, 6.1a		 Kevin McHale
22.6p, 8.4r, 2.7a		 Robert Parish
14.3p, 8.5r, 1.6a
Rotation  
 		  
 		 Jim Paxson
7.7p, 1r, 1.7a		  
 		 Fred Roberts
6.1p, 2.2r, 1.1a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Mark Acres
3.6p, 3.4r, 0.5a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Artis Gilmore
3.7p, 3r, 0.3a

Detroit Pistons Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Isiah Thomas
19.5p, 3.4r, 8.4a		 Joe Dumars
14.2p, 2.4r, 4.7a		 Adrian Dantley
20p, 3.3r, 2.5a		 Rick Mahorn
10.7p, 8.4r, 0.9a		 Bill Laimbeer
13.5p, 10.1r, 2.4a
Rotation Vinnie Johnson
12.2p, 2.8r, 3.3a		  
 		  
 		  
 		 John Salley
8.5p, 4.9r, 1.4a
Rotation  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 James Edwards
11.8p, 6r, 1.1a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		 Dennis Rodman
11.6p, 8.7r, 1.3a		  
 		  
 

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